The Dawn of Aeronautics: 10 Outstanding Aeronautical Books
Pioneering Balloons, Gliders, Airships, and the Engineering of Early FlightBy Robert B. Meyer, V. E. Johnson, Fred T. Jane, John B. Rathbun, Thomas Herbert Russell, William J. Jackman, Octave Chanute, William D. Ennis, Charles B. Hayward, William G. Krueger, George Anthony Cavanagh, Alfred Powell Morgan
Length48h 25m
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The Dawn of Aeronautics gathers ten foundational aeronautical books into a panoramic record of flight's transition from speculative dream to technical discipline. Ranging from historical survey and engineering exposition to practical instruction, invention, and popular scientific writing, the volume captures the period's competing theories of balloons, gliders, airships, and heavier-than-air machines. Its standout value lies in the juxtaposition of visionary argument with concrete mechanical detail, revealing how aeronautical knowledge was assembled through experiment, observation, and public imagination. The contributors—Robert B. Meyer, V. E. Johnson, Fred T. Jane, John B. Rathbun, Thomas Herbert Russell, William J. Jackman, Octave Chanute, William D. Ennis, Charles B. Hayward, William G. Krueger, George Anthony Cavanagh, and Alfred Powell Morgan—represent the interwoven worlds of engineering, technical journalism, popular education, and aviation history. Collectively, their writings belong to the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century culture of scientific modernity, when aviation became both an emblem of progress and a subject requiring disciplined analysis. Recommended for historians of technology, aviation enthusiasts, and students of modernity, this collection offers an unusually rich single-volume encounter with early flight discourse. Readers will find a valuable dialogue among practical methods, historical reflection, and imaginative aspiration, illuminating the diverse intellectual routes by which humanity learned to conceive the sky as a navigable realm.
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GenreTechnology, Literary Classics
Length48 hrs 25 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Model Aeroplanes and Their Engines: A Practical Book for Beginners
2INTRODUCTION
3LIST OF CONTENTS
4HISTORY OF MODEL AVIATION
5CONSTRUCTION
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6WORLD RECORD MODELS
7A MODEL WARPLANE
8A SIMPLE COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE
9COMPRESSED AIR DRIVEN MODELS
10COMPRESSED AIR ENGINES
11GASOLINE ENGINES
12STEAM POWER PLANTS
13CARBONIC GAS ENGINE
14THE FORMATION OF MODEL CLUBS
15WORLD’S MODEL FLYING RECORDS
16DICTIONARY OF AËRONAUTICAL TERMS
17The Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning
18PREFACE
19CHAPTER IV.
20CHAPTER V.
21CHAPTER VII.
22CHAPTER XI.
23APPENDIX A.
24SCIENCE ABSTRACTS
25Building and Flying an Aeroplane
26INTRODUCTION
27PART 1
28BUILDING AEROPLANE MODELS
29BUILDING A GLIDER
30BUILDING A CURTISS BIPLANE
31DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION (pt. 1)
32DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION (pt. 2)
33Aeroplane Construction and Operation
34INTRODUCTION
35AERONAUTICAL MAGAZINES
36ENGLISH MAGAZINES.
37CHAPTER I. PRINCIPLES OF THE AEROPLANE.
38CHAPTER II. TYPES OF MILITARY AEROPLANES.
39CHAPTER III. ELEMENTARY AERODYNAMICS
40CHAPTER IV. EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORIES.
41CHAPTER V. AERODYNAMICS OF LIFTING SURFACES (AEROFOILS).
42CHAPTER VI. PRACTICAL WING SECTIONS.
43CHAPTER VII. BIPLANES AND TRIPLANES.
44CHAPTER VIII. EFFECTS OF PLAN FORM. (TANDEM AEROPLANES.)
45CHAPTER IX. WING CONSTRUCTION.
46CHAPTER X. WING CONSTRUCTION DETAILS.
47CHAPTER XI FUSELAGE (BODY) CONSTRUCTION.
48CHAPTER XII DETAILS OF FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION
49CHAPTER XIII. CHASSIS CONSTRUCTION.
50CHAPTER XIV. ESTIMATION OF WEIGHT.
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